Legend

"... after all, this is what it looks like."

Ray squeals with no particular emotion before the five bandits who fell to the ground.

Originally Ray's ability to fight is something he already deserves to call out-of-the-way.

Even without such things as a ceto, a death size, or a spear of dusk to serve as its backbone, it was only natural that an opponent of this magnitude could easily be defeated with bare hands.

"Oh, the... thank you. You're strong. I'm surprised, and I'm grateful."

From Ray's runner, a different man shows up earlier.

Young men, like still in their late teens and early twenties.... Although it would be subtle for Ray to tell me he looks younger.

To a man like that, Ray shook his neck sideways like he said never mind.

"I don't have a problem with people like this. What's more, you're supposed to be attacked by bandits in a place like this? If you walk down the street, you won't be attacked by bandits, will you? This is close to Rossi."

More precisely on the street between Rossi and Mejougo, Mejougo is essentially a city ruled by Jaya, regardless of its appearance.

It was hard for Ray to honestly believe that there were people working banditry like this on that jar's lap.

"Whatever you say... it's not like I was doing anything special. I was walking down the street, and these people attacked me."

Ray stops pursuing more than that, even as he wonders a little about the man who talks in a good way somewhere.

(Well, you're like a nobleman or some common boy or something.... it's not like I need to be involved there, okay)

Leaving the man on the spot, Ray approaches the bandits who are once again unconscious.

"Hey, oh, it's dangerous!?

"Don't worry. These guys are totally passed out already, and if these guys wake up and attack me, I can handle it.... you too, you saw me take these guys down, so you know you don't have to worry that much, right?

"That may be..."

Listen to Ray, the man clouds his mouth.

In fact, Ray defeats the bandits who have attacked him... that's exactly what he kills instantly, the man sees with his own eyes.

It's not like a weapon, it's bare hands.

But...... still, I guess I still can't help but worry about the guy considering Ray's appearance.

"Was this all the bandits, than that? There were a few others, or something like that?

"Uh, to be honest, I don't know the area. I don't think he was anywhere else for once."

More than ruled by Jaya, nature and the streets used by men boasted one of the finest safety in the country of Labourina.

That is arguably an ironic consequence.

"Right. … because you don't seem to be able to expect much money"

There are quite a few bandits doing it for five, from Ray's point of view.

It would be more right to describe it as a chase than a band of bandits.

So for Ray, who has a hobby for bandit hunting, it's a lot less fruitful than he expected? That was to be honest.

"Er... make money, is it?

"Oh. These guys are bandits. Then you take it from someone else, don't you think it's okay for someone else to take it from you?

"Uh... uh...? Well, uh... what can I say in this case?"

It's not a joke or anything, a man who understands that Ray is trying to take the kind of property away from the bandits and makes them look confused.

Besides, if the man's eyes were right, he seemed to be used to defeating the bandits and trying to take away the kind of money.

That's how Ray took the weapons the men had, and the man is amazed at the sight he stored in the mistering.

But he manages to push the surprise to death and speaks to Ray, who tied the men up.

"Well, thank you for your help this time. I say lutus.... If I may, may I have your name?

"Hmm? Oh, it's Ray. You're supposed to be an adventurer in the kingdom of Mireana. Now I'm staying at Rossi on a little errand."

A mild surprise comes to the look on Lutus's face when he hears Ray's words.

I thought Ray was strong, but I guess I didn't think he was an adventurer in the Kingdom of Mireana.

Even if you're not an adventurer in the Labourina country, if you were wondering if you're an adventurer in the surrounding country, it would be natural because you were in fact an adventurer in the Kingdom of Mireana.

Answering Lutus, Ray kicks and wakes up the five men who are fainting.

I didn't mean to cause you a bone breaking injury, but still, definitely where you got kicked with a bruise would be blue-black... a kick as powerful as you can easily predict.

"Huh!

"Noooo!

"Ouch!

"Yikes!"

"Ahhh!

Each wakes up screaming at the pain.

That's how I'm surprised that I'm tied up, and I turn my gaze to Ray who did it.

"Hey, you think you can do this to us!

I'm guessing he's a five-leader. That's what a bearded man tells him to threaten Ray.

Sometimes Ray's short, and if we threaten him, we can do what we want, I guess that's what we thought.

But... naturally, there is no reason for Ray to listen to such an opponent's orders.

"I don't think an adventurer hunting a bandit is such a funny story? You guys were more prepared to act like bandits than you were, weren't you?

"Oh, that's..."

From Ray's mouth, having been given the word hunt as nothing, I guess he finally decided that the person in front of him wasn't just anything.

The attitude of a man of leadership frightens me a little.

Most of all, Ray's attack has deprived me of consciousness earlier, so I guess it's too late to notice.

"Now that we know how we relate to each other, that's the first question. Yeah, naturally, if you don't answer the question, you're gonna get hurt, so I'm gonna."

I tell you as I take out one dagger from the mysteries.

... Actually, the dagger was the dagger the bandits had... but in Ray it was already naturally a perception of its own as something taken from the bandits.

A dagger in your hand, a lightly shaken ray.

But the dagger, wielded without any particular effort, rings a sharp noise around him as if it were slashing and tearing the air itself apart.

It was the original owner of that dagger who heard the wind-cut sound of such a ray's waving dagger and turned pale first.

I know because it's the dagger I've been using.

To make all that wind-cut noise, it's a little bit or softly... and you can't imitate it like that unless you're the owner of a different number of skills than yourself.

When he looks at one of those guys, Ray smiles small...... poking a dagger cut at a guy he thinks is a leader.

"Well, I'm going to ask you a question. Well, you don't have to answer anything... in which case, you don't have to be fingers, ears, nose, eyes... or in some cases hands or feet anymore, so be careful."

Ray, who tells you so, is a completely powerless nature.

That's why the bandits who were listening to it feel cold in their spines.

That's why I understood that the words coming out of Ray's mouth came from the bottom of my heart, not from a threat.

Seeing how those bandits are, Fu Ray stops moving once as if he noticed something and opens his mouth again.

"Oh, if I can't throw up any more information, I'll just leave you my tongue"

What do you want me to feel safe about that word?

That would be the unanimous opinion of everyone but Ray, including the Lutus the bandits were listening to...... no.

But naturally Ray doesn't show up like that and takes a step forward with the dagger in his hand.

One step... I really just took one step, but that was enough to break the hearts of the bandits.

"Hey, I'll let you spit on anything! So forgive me!

Until recently, he intimidates Ray, and the leader of a bandit, who even uttered insults, immediately tells him so and bows his head to forgive him.

Seeing a man like that, Ray gets a poked expression.

Ray's plan was to make this leader man look painful and let the original owner of the dagger throw up information.

But in fact, the leader man surrenders lightly and completely before Ray does anything.

Most importantly, I was going to hurt that leader man, so I wouldn't have to say I was sensitive to seeing the opportunity to surrender completely first.

Either way, Ray opens his mouth as he looks at a man with a mouthful of leaderliness when he lightly spits information.

"Right. Well, first of all... is that all of you?

"Yes, all five of them."

A man who talks without a moment's hesitation.

That was how everyone seemed to know that they thought so if they didn't know what they would do if they hesitated, even for a few seconds.

"Doesn't working in a place like this mean you belong to Jaya?

"No, you don't. Until a little while ago, we worked in Silarogne."

"Silarogne?"

To an unfamiliar word, Ray turned his gaze to Lutus and I guess he figured out what Ray wanted to hear. Lutus opens his mouth.

"It's the name of a city in the region. Most importantly, it's quite small compared to Rossi."

"... I see. Almost got it."

In the words of Lutus, Ray understands why the men came here.

Perhaps the five of them worked well as bandits near that city called Silarogne, adding strange confidence… or have they been sent on a crusade adventurer to flee?

(Probably the former)

I think of the confident look on my face when I first encounter it, and that's what Ray expects.

"What about your aside?

"There's a cave a little further away from here, so I'm using it as an aside"

I've heard a few stories since then... and then Ray feels signs of some people approaching us.

Looking at the sky so that it was unknown to the surrounding area, we could confirm that Seto was flying over a little further away.

Perhaps beneath that, while deciding that there is someone approaching here... I turn my gaze to Lutus.

I don't even think the bandits are going to lie on this occasion, and Ray and Elaine and the others are leaving it for Rossi.

If so, the most likely one was Lutus.

Most importantly, whether Lutus notices the signs or not, he doesn't show anything unusual.

(Apparently, Lutus isn't exactly the boy he looks like, either)

Though I think so, Ray once again hears from the bandits a familiar Azito location that won't matter now.

Hear that...... That's how I just ran out of use for the bandits and talk to Lutus again.

"So, what do we do with these guys? Normally, I'd kill him like this or sell him to a slave trader."

"Huh? Are you asking my opinion?

I have done nothing to capture this bandit.

That's what I've been claiming, Lutus, but for Ray, it's a hassle to carry these five to Rossi to sell them to slave traders.

That's about it. I'd rather end it here, but if I were to end it anyway, it was a word from the decision that I'd be more thankful if I did it to the property of a person named Lutus in front of me.

"Oh, if you leave it to me, I'll have to kill you... but you're not again, are you?

With a meaningful gaze, Lutus tilts his neck with a strange look on his face.

"If you say you're useless to these guys, I'll dispose of them here... what do we do?

"If that's the case, I'll take it from here."

Immediately afterwards, the story gathers, and Ray leaves Lutus and the bandits tied up on the spot to just leave.

The bandits are relieved by the fact that they finally have no source of their own fear.

So far enough, Lutus and the bandits shut each other up on the spot... eventually, the nearby bushes sound.

The bandits were surprised by the man, but Lutus didn't even show how he cared, opening his mouth.

"You're late."

"I'm sorry, young. But if it turns out to be that deep red... if it's bad, it could be that we were noticed."

More than ten men show up and say so, but Lutus smiles and shakes his neck sideways.

"You must have definitely been noticed, not a possibility. Otherwise, you won't leave me here and be gone."

"... Really? I hear that deep red is exploring us. We were lucky not to be noticed that the young man was of Jaya. I guess you should say that."

"Heh, right.... then I'll leave these people to process. At all, it creates unwanted noise in the area under Jaya's control"

So grunting Lutus' gaze wasn't the friendly one he was pointing at Ray... that's what he was looking at the bandits like a stone by the road.